[Jason Lelchuk]

For anyone who also has this problem:

The best solution I can find is to right click a clip in the browser, and select item properties > format. Then right click on the current pixel aspect setting. In my case it is reading HD(1280 x 1080) – change it to square and press OK.

This will allow the clip to be displayed properly in the timeline, and will no longer scale the aspect ratio under the motion tab when the clip is added to the timeline.

best,
Jason

[Jason Lelchuk]

Update:

When I open a clip from the browser into the viewer, it displays squished but has no adjustment under the motion tab. Only when it’s put in the timeline, and then reopened to the viewer, is the -50 aspect ratio change noted and correctable. This seems like quite a bug. I was hoping to fix it globally by changing all the source clips in the browser, but if it is only correctable through the timeline it will become quite tedious. Has anyone else encountered this bug, and found a work around? Thanks.

Jason Lelchuk

[Jason Lelchuk]

David,

Thanks so much, this was indeed the problem! Final cut added -50 adjustment to the aspect ratio settting under the motion > distort tab for all of the new recompressed clips.

Best,
Jason Lelchuk